It means exactly what it says.
We lost to Maryland. Ok, first game jitters and they had an emotional motivation with the death of a teammate. Still, a shitty way to start the season. Then we beat Tulsa at home by a TD. Disappointing win against a cupcake, but we’re trending in the right direction. Chalk it up to shaking off the cobwebs in our first home game. Then we crushed USC. OK, now we’re talking! Oh wait, now we know USC is only average this year and just got the shit kicked out of them by Utah. (Even worse than what we gave them) Then we spanked TCU only to find out that most teams can spank TCU. (And tOSU is a fraud) Then we beat KSU on the road with the game in question until the final whistle. We SHOULD beat this year’s K-State team, despite our failings the last 15 years, which have zero bearing on the outcome. Then we drill ou and squander the lead. Well, that kind of sucked. Still, a damn solid win. Then we barely beat Baylor because their QB threw his pass a little too high into triple coverage as time expired. I get that Sam was hurt, but what happened to Dicker the hero Kicker? Why couldn’t we score or shut them down? Then we had a bye to recooperate.
It’s conceivable that we peaked at the end of the 3rd quarter vs. ou. We’ve done just enough to win, which is important. But, we’re not exactly tripping over our dick right now. Our record may very well be fools gold, albeit welcomed. There’s a reason we aren’t being talked about nationally despite have the head-to-head advantage over ou and controlling our own destiny in the conference. The Kool-aid is watery.